Troubleshooting mode locks admins out of live sites
Troubleshooting mode takes live sites offline or locks admins out, and there is no way to exit it cleanly.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
8 public reports · first reported 29 November 2023 · last reported 4 April 2026
What's going wrong
Site owners who switch on the troubleshooting mode of this WordPress plugin report that their live sites break. The front end fails, the admin area locks them out, and some get a 500 error with nothing in the logs. Reviewers say the mode affects all visitors even though the plugin claims otherwise, and nothing inside the plugin gets them back out. Several had to delete the plugin by FTP or restore a backup from their host. The gap is a safe way to run conflict tests on live sites, plus a rescue tool that brings a locked site back.
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Products affected
Health Check & Troubleshooting.
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Who has this problem
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